Social Sciences

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Do Today’s Young People Really Think They Are So Extraordinary?

Now research is beginning to support this notion. An article appearing in the February issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for…

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Exploring European Identity: Neo-Liberal Values Unpacked

From the outset the EC/EU has tried to identify what constitutes a European identity. Cultural symbols like the flag and the anthem were established in order…

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Exploring History and Culture in the Metal Music Scene

The research is an attempt to show how history and cultural heritage can possible be spread among people using an unconventional way. It reports how history…

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Watermark Technology Links Burglars to Crime Scenes

Burglars are automatically sprayed with a DNA-style code that lasts for months –linking them directly to a crime scene. The forensic technology is also used to…

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Sub-Saharan Africa’s Population Challenge: Key Insights Unveiled

The report of a demographic study, coordinated by the Centre Population et Développement (CEPED), commissioned by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD),…

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New technology watches granny’s step

Cardiovascular aerobics, package cruises in the Greek islands and high calcium diets. Today’s silver brigade may well be the most active in history, but there…

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Imbuing Products With Symbolic Meaning: Insights from Experts

Big name brands are an integral part of our lives, says Davide Ravasi, associate professor in the Institute of Strategic Management of Bocconi University,…

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Subliminal Messages: Surprising Influences on Our Choices

It comes as some surprise, then, that studies conducted by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have shown that exposing people to a subliminal…

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Myth of a cultural elite – education and social status determine what we attend, listen to and watch

The research, carried out at the University of Oxford, aimed to determine which theory fits most closely with reality. To ensure the findings applied…

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Retirees Embrace Spending: Exploring the ‘Silver Surfer’ Trend

Far from being simply media creations, it seems that the caricatures of ‘silver surfers’ and ‘Saga-louts’ have some basis in truth as the lives of older people…

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Study Reveals UK Social Mobility Stagnation Over 30 Years

The study, from the London School of Economics and the University of Surrey and funded by the Sutton Trust, reviews evidence related to children born between…

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Anti-drinking campaign ads may be “catastrophically misconceived”

Adverts that show drunken incidents, such as being thrown out of a nightclub, being carried home or passing out in a doorway, are often seen by young people as…

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Scottish Mothers’ Low Fertility: Causes and Implications

The potential causes and key implications of Scotland’s low fertility are outlined in a new publication, ‘Scotland’s demographic trends: insights from…

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Scotland’s Economy Challenged by Population Trends

While the latest figures show a recent upswing in births and migration to Scotland and a projected rise in the population over the next 25 years, in the long…

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Young African Domestic Workers in Yemen: Challenges and Resilience

But even in a relatively poor country such as Yemen, migrants and refugee women do paid domestic work. The majority of these come from the Horn of Africa. Why…

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Time Poverty vs. Time Welfare in Austrian Families Explained

This Policy Brief illustrates main findings of two European Centre’s studies on whether today’s parents have enough time for their children and/or provide…

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